Erykah Badu clarifies Hitler stance

Erykah Badu claims her words were “misconstrued” in the wake of a controversial interview in which she said she sees a “good” side to everyone, including Adolf Hitler.

In a series of tweets Thursday, the singer stressed she was trying to impart a “message of compassion” and encouraged people to read the entire interview, not “out of context” and “selective” headlines. “I don’t want 2 force U 2understand the way I love. I’m hopeful tho,” she wrote.

The comments come a day after Vulture published an interview with Badu in which she had supportive things to say about Bill Cosby and Hitler. “I see good in everybody. I saw something good in Hitler,” she said. Badu called him a “wonderful painter” and said he had a “terrible childhood.”

In a tweet Thursday, the singer explained she “used the worst examples possible” to “exaggerate a show of compassion.”